Method of knitting



Jan. 27, 1953 I. H. c. GREEN METHOD OF KNITTING Filed Feb. 27, 1951 3Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 27, 1953 c, GREEN 2,626,516

ME F KNITTI c Patented Jan. 21", 1953 METHOD OF KNITTING Isaac H: G.Green, Pawtucket, It; I assignor: to

Hemphill Company; Pawtucket, Rh. I., v incorporrationofyMassachusettsApplicatlon-Fbruary-ZZ, 1951', Ser-laPNo; 212,990

(Cl. Stir-2.01),

"I Claims.

This. invention relates to; a method" of knitting.v

plain hosiery fabric which is: ornamented-by narrow: lines of?contrasting color composed; of loops which area knitted intothe fabric:and: are not.

superposed. thereon, In theadrawing Fig; 1 illustrates: theconventional, solid color: patterned" stocking; off: the so-calledargyletypetier;- oi? one diamond represented by the broken.

linegrectanglei in Fig.1 and Fig 3: is a-oor-responwing diagrammatic,illustration of: a differentv sort.

The manner. is which: the section referred: to

off such a, stocking is; knitis. as follows. Referring to-Fig. 2,;it;willi be: assumed that; course Zais knitv from right to leit of a. bodyyarn with the exception of wales; 8, and. 3: acrosswhich: it:isafloated. 'Iihereafter; other yarns of contrasting: color are knitted,into. wales; 8 and, a respectively; All or: these bodyyarn. and otheryam loops; are knitted". through the; corresponding; loops-z oil" a;previous; course, such 8.511.

Course 3 is assumed to; be, knit. from left: to right, This; is donebyfirst: knitting the other. yarns of: contrasting: color; in Wales: toand iii" respectively and then: completing; the course by knitting thebod-y yarn; in all other: wales and floating it: across; wales 1c and HCourse- 4' is: knit. from: right to left in the same:

manner asoourseit, therbody yarn being knit into; all. wales; withthe:exception of I12" and t3: across which it; isfloated and. the; otheryarns. otf conwasting colon being then knitted into. Wales 121' Ii;respectively to. complete, the. course. G'rmrse; 5 is} knitted? irra vsimilar manner to course 3, the knittingbeing from left toright andthcaotheeyams ofi contrasting color being knitted imp; wales 41 and:iii"? respectively before: the body;

yarn. is knitted. into; alli other: wales: Here also the bodyyarna isfloated: acrqsslthe wales in v which. thepthen-yamaisknittedi't'l'iamannerand; directionyofi: knitting course 8:.

corresponds to that of? courses"? 2- and? land the;

of? knitting: course i ctr-responds to that. 015: courses; 3? and 5.:with theexception that the wales; or? the other" yarns of contrasting,color are oflsctzineach-course aabetoret Course It is; knit in the samemanneras' the other even numbered coursesdescribed belowbut: in thisinstance the yarns of constrastmgcolorc-rosseachother-in wale- I1;Consequently;

they wiliibothbe knitainto' thiawale; I fthe-cross ing. yarns,- are ofthe? sam'ecolor, no problem arises but if: they are of. difierentcolors, one, or the other will appear upon the surface of the fabricand; impair-the symmetry of thepattern. Therefore; if" desired, coursel6; may be knit throughout of the body yam and v this: of course is truewhen the. crossing; yarns? are: of the-:- same color. Thereafter, theknitting may continue, the twocourse cycles; described below beingrepeated as longgas desired.

mliig, 1', the-solid diamondsriandihalfz diamonds are: contained within;the-heavy lines, [8. i9, 2.0 and, 21;. Each. of; these may? be: oranydesired? Q0101; monds by'true sutures. The-overplaid formedby yarnsof contrasting color isrepresented by the narrow lines, such as 22, 23,24, 25, 26 and 21. Such a stocking may be knitted upon. a machine of thetype disclosed and claimed in Patent #2,217-,022. As described in thatpatent and as well known, this: machine knits the pattern area in thereciprocatory manner and knits two opposite. vertical rows: ofdiamondsand half diamonds at themai-n cam block and the other two rows/ 0fdiamonds at the auxiliary cam block. At each stroke of the machineacomplete courseis. knitted including that part of every diamond whichappears; in that course, the various sections of the various diamondsbeing. connected together by true-sutures.

The over-plaid may be; included by knitting in. the, manner which-hasbeen-described. for a small. section of fabric. so as, to, include theentire patterned areaias shown in Fig 1,,eaohco11rse, ineluding, theoverplaid' loops, being knitted completeat onestroke v of the machine.

To accomplishithisp after the knitting} of a courseof" a, diamond iscompleted at the main; cam block, the"- overplaid needles for thiscourse are selected, receive the respective overplaid yarnsand knit;- atthe auxiliaryside. As already explained} there: areno body yarnloops inthe-- overplaid wales. When: the direction of knitting reversed; eachof"the overplaid needles again receives its: yarn. andknits' atthe:auxiliary." cam blocka. After-this? the-needles, which knit the dia mondknit at the main cam. block and complete the courseasidescribed. 1

At the sametime, the opposite setxof diamondsi'sbei'ngknit-also at-themain camblock and may: alsobeprovided' withan over-plaid: in the sameway,.the only difference being that the two'course sequence described isreversed, Thatis to say, where any course" of one diamondknitted at:

Each is connected to contiguous diawhich, with the sets just described,make up the patterned area of the stocking, are knit course by course atthe same time as the other diamonds but the diamonds proper are all knitat the auxiliary side and the overplaid is knit at the main side. Inother words, the location'of knitting is reversed. Also, the sequence ofknitting is reversed in that when a diamond of the set first describedis being knit at, say, the main cam block followed by the knitting ofthe overplaid v at the auxiliary cam block, the diamond of the otheradjacent set is being knit by first knitting the overplaid at the maincam block and then the diamonds proper at the auxiliary cam block. Inthe next course, this sequence is reversed and SO on.

The opposite diamonds, which are also knit at the auxiliary cam block,are also provided with an overplaid in the same way, the only differencein knitting being'that the two course sequence described is reversed.

Although a body yarn has been referred to, it will be understood, ofcourse, that this yarn may be changed as often as desired to producedifferent colored diamonds or for any other purpose;

It also will be understood that the overplaid yarns which combine toproduce the overplaid effect may be of the same colorand character or ofdifferent character and color.

Although the overplaid described above consists of diagonal linescomposed of single loops in each course, broader stripes may be obtainedby knitting two or more consecutive loops of the overplaid yarns in eachinstance and offsetting them both in the manner described above by oneor two wales. In such a case, the body yarn would be floated across thetwo or more wales in which the overplaid appears. This illustrates onevariation of which there are many. Also, the overplaid is by no meanslimited to the pattern disclosed and described but is subject to manyvariations both in character and in direction.

Reference herein to a course of knitting does not necessarily refer to acomplete course as in a circular knit stocking, for example, but to anypart of the fabric such as that contained within the broken linerectangle in Fig. 1 and, of course, the invention is not limited to theproduction of hosiery but-is applicable to any knittedfabric for anypurpose produced by hand or by any type of machinev capable of makingit.

I claim:

- 1. A method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular-knitting machinewhich consists of knitting a pattern of a body yarn on one side of theleg of a stocking and simultaneously knitting an overplaid pattern onthe other side and thereafter on the same stroke of the machine,knitting an overplaid pattern into the body yarn pattern first mentionedand knitting a body yarn pattern around the overplaid pattern firstmentioned and then reversing the direction of knitting and then knittingan overplaid pattern on the side first mentioned simultaneously knittinga body yarn pattern on the other side and then knitting a body yarnpattern around said overplaid pattern and then knitting an overplaidpattern into said last mentioned body yarn pattern and thereafterrepeating this two course sequence as many times as desired.

2. A method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular knitting machinewhich consists of knitting a, pattern of a body yarn in one portion ofthe leg of a'stocking and simultaneously knitting and overplaid patternin another portion and thereafter on the same stroke of the machine,knitting an overplaid pattern into th body yarn pattern first mentionedand knittin a body yarn pattern around the overplaid pattern firstmentioned and then reversing the direction of knitting and then knittingan overplaid pattern on the side first mentioned simultaneously knittinga body yarn pattern on the other sid and then knitting a body yarnpattern around said overplaid pattern and then knitting an overplaidpattern into said last mentioned body yarn pattern and thereafterrepeating this two course sequence as many times as desired.

3. A method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular knittingmachinewhich consists of knitting a pattern of a body yarn in oneportion of a knitted fabric andsimultaneously knitting an overplaidpattern in another portion of said fabric and thereafter on the samestroke of the machine, knitting an overplaid pattern into the body yarnpattern first mentioned and knitting a body yarn pattern around theoverplaid pattern first mentioned and then reversing the direction ofknitting and then knitting an overplaid pattern on the side firstmentioned simultaneously knitting-abody yarn pattern on the other"sideand then knitting a body yarn pattern around said overplaid patternand then knitting an overplaid pattern into said last mentioned bodyyarn pat-' tern and thereafter repeating this two course sequence asmany times as desired. Y

4. A method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular knitting machine,comprising the steps of knitting with a body yarn in one portion of anarticle being knitted, and while said body yarn is being knitted,knitting with a pattern yarn in another portion of the article, andthereafter on the same stroke of the machine knitting with a patternyarn in the first said portion, while knitting a body yarn in the saidother portion on either side of the pattern yarn first mentioned, thenreversing the direction of knitting and then knitting with a patternyarn in the first said portion while knitting with a body yarn in thesaid other portion, and thereafter on the same reverse stroke of themachine knitting a body yarn on either side of said last-mentionedpattern yarn in the first said portion while knitting a pattern yarn inthe said other portion, and thereafter repeating this sequence as manytimes as desired.

5. A-method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular knittingmachine,comprising the steps of'knitting with a body yarn on one side of the legof a stocking being knitted, and while said body yarn is being knitted.knitting with a' pattern yarnon the other side of the stocking leg, andthereafter on the same stroke of the machine knitting with a patternyarn in the first said side, while knitting a body yarn in the saidother portion around the pattern yarn first mentioned, then reversingthe direction of knitting and then knitting with a pattern yarn on thefirst said side while knitting with a body yarn on the said other-side,and thereafter on the same reverse stroke of themachine knitting a bodyyarn around said last-mentioned pattern yarn on the first said sidewhile knitting a pattern yarn on the said other side, and thereafterrepeating this sequence as many times as desired.

6. A method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular knitting machine,comprising the steps of knitting with a body yarn in one portion of anarticle being knitted, and while said body yarn is being knitted,knitting with a pattern yarn in another portion of the article, andthereafter on the same stroke of the machine knitting with a patternyarn in the first said portion, while knitting a body yarn in th saidother portion on either side of the pattern yarn first mentioned, thenreversing the direction of knitting and then knitting with a patternyarn in the first said portion while knitting with a body yarn in thesaid other portion, and thereafter on the same reverse stroke of themachine knitting a body yarn on either side of said last-mentionedpattern yarn in the first said portion while knitting a pattern yarn inthe said other portion, and thereafter repeating this sequence as manytimes as desired, the body yarn being floated in each course across theWale or wales in which the said pattern yarn is knitted.

7. A method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular knitting machine,comprising the steps 6 of knitting with a body yarn on one side of theleg of a stocking being knitted, and while said body yarn is beingknitted, knitting with a pattern yarn on the other side of the stockingleg, and thereafter on the same stroke of the machine knitting with apattern yarn in the first said side, while knitting a body yarn in thesaid other portion around the pattern yarn first mentioned, thenreversing the direction of knitting and then knitting with a patternyarn on the first said side while knitting with a body yarn on the saidother side, and thereafter on the same reverse stroke of the machineknitting a body yarn around said last-mentioned pattern yarn on thefirst said side while knitting a pattern yarn on the said other side,and thereafter repeating this sequence as many times as desired, thebody yarn being floated in each course across the wale or wales in whichthe said pattern yarn is knitted.

ISAAC H. C. GREEN.

REFERENCES CITED FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain Mar. 28,1929 Number

